No one is hurt, but 8 Corvettes are damaged at Bowling Green, Kentucky facility National Corvette Museum staff received a call at 5:44am from a security company alerting them of  motion detectors going off in the Skydome area of the Museum.  Upon arrival it was discovered that a sinkhole had collapsed within the Museum.  No one was in or around the Museum at the time.  The Bowling Green Fire Department arrived on the scene and secured the area.  The Fire Department has estimated the size of the hole is 40 feet across and 25-30 feet deep.   Click here for Corvette Museum Security Footage Click here for drone video from inside collapsed National Corvette Museum Click here for press conference announcing GM role in restoration of damaged Corvettes     The Museum released a statement that said, "It is with heavy hearts that we report that eight Corvettes were affected by this incident. "As it started happening, it triggered an alarm, so the security company called an employee," Museum Executive Director Wendell Strode said. The alarm, which was triggered at 5:38 a.m., also resulted in a call to the fire...

Promotional Corvette Pedal Car at Lambrecht Story by Jim Volgarino Info and some images by John Arnold Models, Inc.   In the mid-1950s, General Motors, along with all the major car companies of the time, was enthralled with promotion. Coming off a decade of world war, the company was letting out all the stops to drive people to showrooms with glitzy ads, colorful promotions and incentives meant to get dealers nationwide excited to put one more GM product on the road.   Nothing represented the promotion mania better than Chevrolet’s Corvette!   Introduced in 1953, the Corvette featured styling cues no one had ever experienced from a US automotive manufacturer. The Corvette was born for promotion and GM wanted every ounce of promotion capital from its little plastic sports car.   But promotion wasn’t just for the adult car jockey who was itching to glide down the boulevard in a low slung roadster. The kiddies were part of the action too.   UPDATE, 9/30/13: Since writing this article about the Kiddie Corvette, we've been contacted by John Arnold, John's company,  John Arnold Models, Inc. does full restorations and offers replacements parts...

1978 Corvette - Black, Silver with Red Trim: And it's still got the plastic on the seats!   You saw the only 5 miles 1958 Chevy Apache Pickup, how about this 1978 Corvette? "Push off the truck and in and out of the show room" is all the miles she has! Get this... The top bid getter, so far, at the Lambrecht Chevy Auto Auction is this 1978 Corvette Pace Car. Now, is this one of the most popular Corvettes? No... Comes with big block? 4 Speed? No and no, but... what does it have going for it? Un-real! Never offered for sale plastic on the seats and steering wheel still never seen the road! original decals, in the box with the center caps and emblems Original Invoice and MSO still holding onto the window!   As you can see from the pictures, she could use a detailing!   Bids are up to $35,500 so far, but might go for more. Corvette collectors, you gotta go for this one!   Find out more about the auction and the woman running it here: Lambrecht Chevy Auto Auction here.     Want...

Only 1-5 Miles - "Never Sold" Chevy's in a Field in Nebraska Story and photos by Jim Volgarino In March 2013 one of the most unusual auctions of survivor cars was announced to the car collector community and it almost immediately became a worldwide phenomenon. In tiny Pierce, Nebraska exists a cache of 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s era Chevrolets (and assorted other models), many of which were never sold by the dealer. On September 27 the public will be allowed, for the very first time, to view and touch these 500+ vehicles. It has come about through the efforts of several people, but primarily Yvette VanDerBrink, an unlikely mom, rural Minnesota native and car enthusiast, who has managed to put together one of the most unusual auctions we car people might ever experience...   Auction Cars Featured So Far: 1958 Chevy Apache Pickup - Only 5 Miles  1978 Corvette Pace Car - Only 4 miles 1963 Chevy Impala 2Dr - only 11 miles      Yvette VanDerBrink is bone tired.   Or at least she should be bone tired as she stands on the edge of an 80-acre plot of land...

It takes a while for a cruise in to catch on, but that doesn't mean while it's growing you won't see some super nice cars. Plus, when it's new, you won't hear the old... "Hey, I'm saving that spot..." or "This is for XYZ cars only..." Whatever. So here's a few of the cars I've spotted at the Friday night cruise-in at Arizona Ave. and Ocotillo. It gets started at about 6PM or so and runs until about 9:00. I think it's sponsored by the Checker Auto nearby, so they supply a DJ and once a month there's a bouncer for the kids. I'd have a few more pics if I could ever get there earlier! Me (aka shaky) and poor lighting don't get along well at all. What I should be sharing with all these pics is who owns the cars and where there from... or something interesting like how the car is completely homebuilt with only a screwdriver and duct tape. Too bad I can't read my able assistants hand writing is so hard to readl! I hope to see you down there. Make sure when you...

I dig auctions. The easy part to figure out is that it's a great place to see a CRAZY-good variety of cars with most of them in unreal condition, but there's something else too. I dig seeing guys who can afford to buy them! Some of that's jealousy, sure, but it creates DRIVE in me to better myself and keep working hard at MyRideisMe. Its also cool to see a guy buying a car that you know he's always wanted and is going to treasure. (or turn and burn for a quick profit!) So here's some info about the Mecum's Bloomington Glold High Performance Auction. What would it be like to by the first Corvette produced in 1955, 1956 and 1957? Serial #1! The 1st ZR1 sold for $1M! How much will these sell for? Man, I gotta know! Here's the press release from Cindy Meitle over at Car PR. LLC: Rare Collection of Serial Number One Corvettes on Offer at MECUM’s Bloomington Gold High Performance Auction “Only Collection of Sequential Serial Number One Corvettes Known to Exist” Marengo, IL-April 14, 2008- MECUM has announced the sale of three...

It's been a long time coming and I've been waiting like so many. The GT-R is a race car built for the street. For those of you who don't know why the GTR's so cool, compare it to the Corvette. Except the GT-R's a racing Corvette (think Z06 + Callaway upgrade) that's NEVER been offered for sale in the US. Here are the pictures Nissan is releasing of the car: The GTR's all business and always has been. Consider that in 1989 the R32 version of the GT-R was undefeated, winning 29 of 29 races in the 1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship. Then, the next generation R33 became a legend by lapping the famous Nürburgring race course under 8 minutes. At the time, that was unheard of for a "street" car. In the released photos of the GT-R, it retains its signature round tail lights. Other than that, the details are all rumor since Nissan is keeping extremely tight lips on engine and suspension details. If you want to know the truth, you'll have to wait until the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show in October. When it's release, look for...